To counter significant new CO2 inputs that are *not* balanced by carbon sinks, you must increase the planet's rate of sequestration, to trap more of the carbon taken from the atmosphere
Here's just a thought. Everyone keeps talking about how we're continually adding more C02 to the atmosphere, but it's rarely mentioned how deforestation in the world's natural carbon sinks might be affecting the overall CO2 levels our planet is seeing. Last time I checked this stuff is food more pretty much everything that's green on our and it's not like they've got to pony up their hard earned cash to buy it. We're practically giving it away.
Hmm..
Unfortunately, the studies done thusfar show that the rate of natural sinks' carbon sequestration ability is declining, not rising, as our planet warms and our CO2 concentrations rise
Pretty much what I was saying. Did their studies happen to include any hypothesis as to why this was happening? I'm thinking giant swaths of rainforest razed for (tasty tasty) Argentinian beef might have something to do with it.
A quick google gets me this (which admittedly probably isn't the most reliable source, but is on par with some of the info coming out of the AGW camp)
We are losing Earth's greatest biological treasures just as we are beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years. http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm
So an 8% decrease in the world's carbon sinks vs how much of an increase in the overall level in the atmospheric CO2 level?
I'm sure it's out there and I'd love to be informed, but each time this argument comes up the only facets of the model are discussed are the increase in the C02 levels produced and I've yet to see anything that takes into account the reduction in the carbon sink that we've created. I'm somewhat still on the fence as to whether the recent changes we've seen in climate change are man made, natural or a mix of both. Rationally I have to assume we've had some effect, but I'm not sure it's entirely the effect that is continually coming out of the mouths of the 'AGW faithful'.
Seriously it's not about a big brother / little brother rivalry. We honestly don't care about that.
What we do care about over the past few years is getting lumped in with the US foreign policies. You are correct in
your assumption that we do not want to be associated with the US based on our accents, and for good reason. The Maple
Leaf is our equivalent of your stars and strips and we're proud of what it represents (and we'd be more than happy if your citizens stopped wearing our badge while on foreign retreats).
We have a global reputation of being polite, honest people and its true that most people won't ask someone wearing the maple leaf if they are American because they know enough about who we are to realize that it is an insult. Americans abroad seem to wear the Canadian flag as camouflage, to avoid having to be able to answer for their own mistakes.
I may be able to agree though on the big brother / little brother argument, though reversed. The US may be the overweight "FAT" one but we are the elder, more mature brother and are more able to cope with the requirements of today's society.
Welcome to Canada! It may be colder up here, but the people are nicer and the Chinese only really want $20 for the tasty, tasty take-out that was just delivered.
That's the one good thing I love about KDE's component reuse. I get the same editor component when entering text into a website's 'text entry' field in Konqueror as I do in KWrite or even Kopete. As much as you might hate that damned red-underlined text in Word, that concept does come in quite handy when you've had a few 'pops' and you think of something to say.
That's true but even small (ish) firms still spend 6 to 8 months from the business requirements phase of a project to the time we deliver the first functional spec to the IBM developers in Bangalore. That seems to the cost of business for signing up with IGS. Knowing the business is invaluable though, Bangalore is basically building widgets and our company is relying on inside people to both create the original specification from the business' requirements as well as validate that the Bangalore produced code meets the desired functionality. This seems to be the future of US IT, though it's not necessarily the worst thing in the world. It seems to me that the IT world is following along the same lines as the industrial world of a century ago.
Someone needs to explain to me how Iraq was a collapsing third world nation before the US invaded. Sure they were controlled by a slightly sadistic dictator, but sitting on the bed of oil that they do, they could hardly be considered third world.
I won't even get in the point where, in all honesty, how else do expect you expect these nations to fight the 'world's greatest military machine'.
To continue the trend of car analogies, this would be the same as the car thief complaining that he can't get a new set of keys from the dealer for the car he had 'borrowed from a friend'. Microsoft's responsibility in this situation is to protect it's customers and not the internet as a whole.
except for gnome 2.6 (which i don't use anyways) mandrake has had kernel 2.6 (i'm currently using 2.6.3-9 though 2.6.5 is available) and kde 3.2 (currently 3.2.2) since version 10 was released a few weeks ago. i've been using them for well over a month (since they first appeared in cooker)
I've been running Mandrake 10 for a few weeks now with 2.6.3-4 and I haven't had anyproblem with responsiveness. What are you using to play mp3s ? I use Noatun/Juk with KDE 3.2.whatever happens to be the current MDK release. My computer's only a meager P3 450 / 256MB so yours shouldn't be having any problems.
That's not necessarily true. I work for a company that acts as a distributor for all of Wal-Mart Canada for both CDs and music DVDs, and we ship the exact same version of the CD as any other retailer would get.
Slashdot Mirror
Care to quote?
I just logged in after reading this for the first time in about 2 years judging by the dates of the spam in my inbox. 30 pages of noise, 0 signal
I think that should read "don't you read the iBook?"
What we need are more bomb pumped lasers. I can honourably state that those are bad assed.
Focus sunshine. GP was complaining that Nokia needs to update their GUI and the move to QT makes complete sense.
To counter significant new CO2 inputs that are *not* balanced by carbon sinks, you must increase the planet's rate of sequestration, to trap more of the carbon taken from the atmosphere
Here's just a thought. Everyone keeps talking about how we're continually adding more C02 to the atmosphere, but it's rarely mentioned how deforestation in the world's natural carbon sinks might be affecting the overall CO2 levels our planet is seeing. Last time I checked this stuff is food more pretty much everything that's green on our and it's not like they've got to pony up their hard earned cash to buy it. We're practically giving it away.
Hmm..
Unfortunately, the studies done thusfar show that the rate of natural sinks' carbon sequestration ability is declining, not rising, as our planet warms and our CO2 concentrations rise
Pretty much what I was saying. Did their studies happen to include any hypothesis as to why this was happening? I'm thinking giant swaths of rainforest razed for (tasty tasty) Argentinian beef might have something to do with it. A quick google gets me this (which admittedly probably isn't the most reliable source, but is on par with some of the info coming out of the AGW camp)
We are losing Earth's greatest biological treasures just as we are beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years. http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm
So an 8% decrease in the world's carbon sinks vs how much of an increase in the overall level in the atmospheric CO2 level? I'm sure it's out there and I'd love to be informed, but each time this argument comes up the only facets of the model are discussed are the increase in the C02 levels produced and I've yet to see anything that takes into account the reduction in the carbon sink that we've created. I'm somewhat still on the fence as to whether the recent changes we've seen in climate change are man made, natural or a mix of both. Rationally I have to assume we've had some effect, but I'm not sure it's entirely the effect that is continually coming out of the mouths of the 'AGW faithful'.
Did you miss this? I'll say $29 for proper Exchange connectivity out of the box is more than a worthwhile investment.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/exchange.html
Cuz it's a long way to China? Duh...
Seriously it's not about a big brother / little brother rivalry. We honestly don't care about that. What we do care about over the past few years is getting lumped in with the US foreign policies. You are correct in your assumption that we do not want to be associated with the US based on our accents, and for good reason. The Maple Leaf is our equivalent of your stars and strips and we're proud of what it represents (and we'd be more than happy if your citizens stopped wearing our badge while on foreign retreats). We have a global reputation of being polite, honest people and its true that most people won't ask someone wearing the maple leaf if they are American because they know enough about who we are to realize that it is an insult. Americans abroad seem to wear the Canadian flag as camouflage, to avoid having to be able to answer for their own mistakes. I may be able to agree though on the big brother / little brother argument, though reversed. The US may be the overweight "FAT" one but we are the elder, more mature brother and are more able to cope with the requirements of today's society.
Welcome to Canada! It may be colder up here, but the people are nicer and the Chinese only really want $20 for the tasty, tasty take-out that was just delivered.
Even more fun... Ask it enough math questions and get to the point of frustration. Then tell it to "Fuck off and die". Guess what? It does :)
WTF??? How is this even relevant?
Must be funny though, he said DNF was going to be behind schedule. Funny thing that...
That's the one good thing I love about KDE's component reuse. I get the same editor component when entering text into a website's 'text entry' field in Konqueror as I do in KWrite or even Kopete. As much as you might hate that damned red-underlined text in Word, that concept does come in quite handy when you've had a few 'pops' and you think of something to say.
That's true but even small (ish) firms still spend 6 to 8 months from the business requirements phase of a project to the time we deliver the first functional spec to the IBM developers in Bangalore. That seems to the cost of business for signing up with IGS. Knowing the business is invaluable though, Bangalore is basically building widgets and our company is relying on inside people to both create the original specification from the business' requirements as well as validate that the Bangalore produced code meets the desired functionality. This seems to be the future of US IT, though it's not necessarily the worst thing in the world. It seems to me that the IT world is following along the same lines as the industrial world of a century ago.
Apprpropriate
Unfortunate spelling
Satitalite
Apprpropriate irony
Someone needs to explain to me how Iraq was a collapsing third world nation before the US invaded. Sure they were controlled by a slightly sadistic dictator, but sitting on the bed of oil that they do, they could hardly be considered third world.
I won't even get in the point where, in all honesty, how else do expect you expect these nations to fight the 'world's greatest military machine'.
Technically, I believe it's the 'd' that got absorbed.
As a side note... god bless KDE and aspell... spell checking in a Slashdot entry box. Fantastic
Thanks you bastard... I just spent the last 30 minutes installing dosbox and Commander Keen. Now I'll never get any work done
To continue the trend of car analogies, this would be the same as the car thief complaining that he can't get a new set of keys from the dealer for the car he had 'borrowed from a friend'. Microsoft's responsibility in this situation is to protect it's customers and not the internet as a whole.
Hand them down to used flag dealers ??? Those guys really are the scum of the earth.
except for gnome 2.6 (which i don't use anyways) mandrake has had kernel 2.6 (i'm currently using 2.6.3-9 though 2.6.5 is available) and kde 3.2 (currently 3.2.2) since version 10 was released a few weeks ago. i've been using them for well over a month (since they first appeared in cooker)
And now it's The Onion. I dunno what's worse...
I've been running Mandrake 10 for a few weeks now with 2.6.3-4 and I haven't had anyproblem with responsiveness. What are you using to play mp3s ? I use Noatun/Juk with KDE 3.2.whatever happens to be the current MDK release. My computer's only a meager P3 450 / 256MB so yours shouldn't be having any problems.
That's not necessarily true. I work for a company that acts as a distributor for all of Wal-Mart Canada for both CDs and music DVDs, and we ship the exact same version of the CD as any other retailer would get.